father (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. păter, tris2. părens, ntis, c.3. gĕnĭtor, ōris (poet.)4. sător, ōris (engenderer • father (subs.): 1. păter, tris: the f. of a family, p. familias (old gen.), or as one word, Cic.: f. of one's country, p. patriae, Cic.: Juv.: in the time of our f.s, apud p. nostros, Cic. The epith. is often addressed to deities: f. Tiberinus, p. Tiberinus, Virg. Instead of the gen., the adj. patrius or paternus may often be used: v. (phr.). 2. părens, ntis, c.: v. parent. Fig.: the preserver, f. of the city, conservator, parens, istius urbis, Cic.: Socrates, f. of philosophy, Socrates p. philosophiae, Cic.: f. of the lyre, p. lyrae, Hor. 3. gĕnĭtor, ōris (poet.): the f. of Tantalus, g. Tantali, Hor.: O Romulus, sire, f., O Romulus, pater, g.! Enn. 4. sător, ōris (engenderer: chiefly poet.): f. of men and gods, hominum s. atque deorum, Virg.: Phaedr. Join: seminator et sator et parens, Cic. Div. 2, 34, 86. Phr.: a f.'s disposition, affection, patrius animus, Liv. 2, 5, ad fin.; animus paternus, Hor. Od. 2, 26: the name (reputation) of a f., nomen paternum, Cic. pro dom. 58, 14 (paternus often refers to what is inherited, as paterna bona: v. paternal): the name of f., nomen patrium, Lucr. 1, 95 (but nomen patris would be better in prose): to take after one's f., patrisso, 1, Pl.: f.-land, patria: v. country.